Soviet Union Ministry of Defense propaganda poster
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Sybil Milton.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sybil Milton
Scope and Content
Polychrome poster with a caricatured image of a bandaged Hitler walking through snow amid a forest of barren trees shaped like crosses; some of the trees have signs with swastikas and others have signs with messages; individual signs read: "Defeat at Kursk," "Defeat at Leningrad," and "Defeat at Stalingrad."
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Polychrome poster with caricatured image bandaged Hitler walking through snow amid barren trees used for grave marker crosses for Nazis.
People
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Soviet Union.
- Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943.
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Siege, 1941-1944.
- Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943.
Genre
- Object
- Posters
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